Recent content by GrandSultan

I am really torn about Pacal. I want to go with a Specialist economy; cheap workers, +Expansive Health Bonus + Ball Court just screams SE, but then Financial feels left out and underused... The easiest way to reconcile is too try a Hybrid economy, but thats too difficult and requires too much...

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civilizationivbeyondthesword/news.html?sid=6171558&tag=nl.e579 Justinian is most definatley Byzantine, not Roman (as if there was any doubt). Also, you can customize your spaceship, and speculation as to "corporate representatives" spreading the business...

I can't believe I forgot Hatty! All the other leaders (with the exception of Caesar) I can deal with, but I always restart my gams with Hatty because I just cannot look at her. Two things; in comparison to other leaders Alexander looks shorter, and also, he has no neck which makes him look...

Nanoboy got to it before me, but yes, the Mongol Imperium lasted from around 1200 to around 1400. They do need to be beefed up though; they are completley lackluster as-is. Not bad, but they should be better to reflect the whole massive conquests part.

@flyingchicken: Firstly, China only has around 20% of the worlds population, not a third. Secondly, not all of those people or even a majority are Taoists. If if every single person was a Taoist, I still don't believe its worthy of inclusion. Every single other religion next to Taoism (Hinduism...

How is this political? Its not a political debate. If anything, its a scientific debate on global warming and nuclear winter. Edit: Global Warming dosn't neccesarily mean warming. If anything, the warming of the oceans will make the various currents go wonky and make certain places colder, not...

Portugal is severley underated I do believe. They are one of my personal favorite civs. The traits do have disynergy, but when one looks at it, when are both the best? Early game. Portugal can have some explosive starts and is one of the best tech traders in the game, IMO. Archipelago maps are...

Ghenghis Khan killed many people, as did Kubilai. Asoka was a brutal warrior before his conversion and Quin Shi Huang whas extraordinarily brutal. Hell, hes the one who put the dead bodies in the Great Wall. Shaka was a bloody, paranoid dictator, and so where Stalin and Mao. Victoria and...

Caesar always freaks me out because he looks like an emaciated, balding child. Alexander looks extremley short and kind of cartoonish. Mansa Musa, Augustus Caesar, Asoka, Hannibal, Shaka, Wang Kon, and Quin Shi Huang all look relatively normal. The rest have really odd body proportions...

Instead of pining for horses, you could use the copper and iron sitting unused in your territory to go conquer the horses. You should have plenty of time to do so before cavalry comes around.

Trung Sisters, definatley. We definatley need more female leaders.

Suleiman really need to be Industrious to reflect the revitalization of Istanbul under him, or at the very least, Creative. Organized to reflect his skill with laws works. Organized/Industrious would be my first choice, but seeing your list... maybe Industrious/Philosophical? Thats a forbidden...

Consider, too, thats France dosn't overlap Germacy by a whole lot historically. If we have the Byzantine, Ottoman, and HIttites, do they each get a city on the world map? Who gets Istanbul? What about Greek colonies? Then if we include Sumer, we have Arabs, Sumerians, Babylonians, Persians, and...

As far as Suleyman goes, keep in mind that that portrait is by a French painter, so he might be slightly fairer than he really was. It also appears that they put him in his Mosque; the background is most definatley a mosque, and looks grand enough, and it makes enough sense, that it would be...

Get rid of Taoism, add in Zorastrianism. Confucianism had a great effect outside of china (SE Asia, Korea, and Japan were all influenced very greatly by it) while Taoism mostly exists in China, and only ever had any significant cultural influence in China. Zoroastrianism influence Judaeism, and...